Lahore, Jan 14 : Former Pakistan Test batsman Mohammad Yousuf has slammed the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for their subservience to the Indian Cricket Board, particularly in their ongoing policy of life bans on ICL players.

He has called on all cricket boards to resolve the issue and restore normalcy, especially in Pakistan, which has lost several cricketers to the ICL.

"I just say the PCB should take its own independent decision. It should not toe the line of the Indians," the Daily Times quoted Yousuf, as saying.

Melbourne, Jan. 14 : British tennis star Andy Murray has said that he not afraid or nervous about confronting thirteen-time Grand Slam champion and Swiss Roger Federer anymore.

"I don''t get nervous when I play you (Federer) any more," the Daily Telegraph quoted Murray, as saying.

Melbourne, Jan. 14  Test greats fear that Mathew Hayden's decision to retire from all forms of the game will end Australia's aura of invincibility on the cricket field.

Former skipper Steve Waugh claimed that the powerful opener had "changed the face of Test match batting forever".

Current skipper Ricky Ponting hailed Hayden as arguably the greatest Test opener the world had ever seen, while bowling legends Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne said they feared Australia could take years to recover.

Sydney - Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic began redeeming himself after a first-round loss last week, rolling Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-1, 6-2 in the second round of the Medibank International on Wednesday.

That kind of winning scenario was duplicated when third seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, last year's losing finalist to Djokovic at Melbourne Park, stormed out of the blocks to hammer Italy's Simone Bolelli 6-4, 6-1.

With the Australian Open starting on Monday, both men need to get it right if they want to try and repeat their 2008 successes.

Lahore, Jan 14 : Former Pakistan Test batsman Mohammad Yousuf has again launched a stinging attack on the current skipper Shoaib Malik and the selectors for not treating him with enough respect.

He again called into question Malik's qualifications for the captaincy.

"Tell me on what grounds did they decide I was not fit for Twenty20 cricket? What were the criteria for deciding this?" Yousuf asked.

"Tell me how did Malik deserve to be the captain? How can you make a player a captain who is not certain of a place in the national Test or one-day team."